€2,200 EPT National High Roller Day 1a | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-26-2018 13:12 UTC+2

Rolando Camardese Wins $30,000 Platinum Pass in the EPT Cup

AaronMcBride

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

A total of 158 players out of a field of 3,287 returned to the Pau Casals room at Casino Barcelona for Day 2 of the 2018 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €550 EPT Cup and another Pineapple Flipout for the coveted Platinum Pass was up for grabs. The room was buzzing in preparation for Day 2 of the EPT Cup and the €100,000 Super High Roller, and all tables played one flipout to get to the semi-finals with two tables of 10 players. Among those were also Jackson White, Yorane Kerignard and Antonina Anapolska, but neither of them was fortunate enough to win their flip.

In the first semi-final, Mickael Vongsouthi hit a flush with to book his seat for the heads-up duel, while Rolando Camardese claimed his spot with . Vongsouthi and Camardese faced off in the final and it was Camardese, who hails from Maastricht in the Netherlands, that won his entry for the 2019 PokerStars Players No Limit Hold'em Championship (PSPC) on The Bahamas worth $30,000 in total.

Flipout for the Platinum Pass on Day 2 of the €550 EPT Cup

Tags: Rolando Camardese

08-26-2018 13:18 UTC+2

More New Faces

AaronMcBride

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	30,000
Kristen Bicknell	30,000
Louis Salter	30,000
Max Silver	30,000
Michael Wang	30,000
Ognyan Dimov	30,000

Oliver Price	30,000
Simon Burns	30,000
Tobias Peters	30,000
Tom Hall	30,000
Usman Siddique	30,000
Valentin Cristea	30,000
Vojtech Ruzicka	30,000
William Kassouf	30,000
Yiannis Liperis	30,000
Yunsheng Sun	30,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

08-26-2018 13:34 UTC+2

Raise and Take It For Konnikova

AaronMcBride

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Maria Konnikova was on the button and up against opponents in the cutoff and the small blind when the flop came down . The player in the small blind checked before the cutoff bet. Konnikova quickly raised and in turn her opponents folded without much hesitation as she drew in the pot and moved up to 39,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Konnikova	39,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Maria Konnikova

08-26-2018 13:51 UTC+2

The Players Keep on Coming

AaronMcBride

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The entries total is up to 850 in level three.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Okada	45,000
Joey Weissman	30,000
Andrew Hedley	30,000
Javier Fernandez Alonso	30,000
Guillaume Diaz	30,000
Lim Chin Wei	30,000

08-26-2018 13:59 UTC+2

Break

AaronMcBride

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.

08-26-2018 14:19 UTC+2

Day 1a Photos

AaronMcBride

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

08-26-2018 14:39 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

AaronMcBride

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Newey	42,000 12,000	12,000
Chris Da-Silva	37,000 7,000	7,000
Charles Akadiri	37,000 7,000	7,000
Bart Lybaert	35,000
Guillaume Diaz	35,000 5,000	5,000
Lauren Roberts	30,000
Tom Hall	29,000 -1,000	-1,000
Chris Moorman	29,000 -1,000	-1,000
Adam Owen	27,000 -3,000	-3,000
Thomas Ward	26,000 -4,000	-4,000
Martin Jacobson	15,000 -15,000	-15,000
Sam Cohen	13,000 -17,000	-17,000

08-26-2018 14:44 UTC+2

Jørstad Hits a Straight

AaronMcBride

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Espen Uhlen Jørstad was on the button and raised to 1,300 after he saw the player under the gun limp for 300. The big blind player made the call as did the initial limper.

The flop came down , and all three players checked to see the turn. The big blind checked before Jørstad's second opponent bet 1,200. Jørstad called as did the big blind player.

The river came the and the big blind checked. The under the gun player bet 3,500 and Jørstad called before the final player folded. Jørstad's opponent tabled for king high and the Norwegian revealed for a straight to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Uhlen Jørstad	35,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Espen Uhlen Jørstad